I'd be willing to speak to the original poster. I've been an escort for more than a year and define myself as a feminist (defined as someone advocating equal rights for women). I'm hoping to get into writing so it might be good for me. 

Amy I don't think that is a particularly well thought out argument . Each taxpayer pays for other people's life choices, that's just how our society works. We pay for university education, criminals, housing etc. as prostitutes (which is another life choice) we are entitled to full screening and more health care than most, at no expense to us, and a lot if society would disagree with our life choice.Why should working parents be ignored in particular?

Yes most people hate paying taxes, but on the whole we all benefit in paying taxes, whether it be free healthcare, education etc.

Xx

God, you guys have a wonderful paradise in the UK.

You should try living in the US for a year.

I don't have healthcare at all, my partner only does because she's still on her parents insurance.
In Washington State where I live, they used to have a poorly funded state healthcare program.
Now, it just got cut, 60,000 people now (the only ones' who were still left in the program) won't have healthcare.

Free University? That'd be the day, we do have financial aid, but it nowhere near covers the cost.

Childcare? hah! They cut that left and right...

You know where we order medicine to get it cheaper?
The UK!

Our system's so broken it's cheaper to have it shipped from over there, than to go to a doctor and pharmacy here.

It's a really sad, state of affairs here.

There is food welfare, so that's something at least.

i do feel lucky we have NHS.bet it makes you more poorly with worry,at the bill!..out of intrest why has the same system never been used in states?probably really complicated,but america must know that it works here???

They do have a minimal free healthcare system in the US ("Obamacare"?), and Obama has stated an intent to improve it. Whether he will be able to remains to be seen; there is a similar reluctance to contribute to public services that might be used mostly by others over there as there is here. Most people resent paying taxes and there is constant scaremongering in the mass media about "scroungers" in any country, I would imagine.

If only people liked each other, eh?

Quote from: Sarati on 05 December 2012, 01:09:01 pm

Quote from: casey_kisses on 09 October 2012, 04:23:33 pm

Amy I don't think that is a particularly well thought out argument . Each taxpayer pays for other people's life choices, that's just how our society works. We pay for university education, criminals, housing etc. as prostitutes (which is another life choice) we are entitled to full screening and more health care than most, at no expense to us, and a lot if society would disagree with our life choice.Why should working parents be ignored in particular?

Yes most people hate paying taxes, but on the whole we all benefit in paying taxes, whether it be free healthcare, education etc.

Xx

God, you guys have a wonderful paradise in the UK.

You should try living in the US for a year.

I don't have healthcare at all, my partner only does because she's still on her parents insurance.
In Washington State where I live, they used to have a poorly funded state healthcare program.
Now, it just got cut, 60,000 people now (the only ones' who were still left in the program) won't have healthcare.

Free University? That'd be the day, we do have financial aid, but it nowhere near covers the cost.

Childcare? hah! They cut that left and right...

You know where we order medicine to get it cheaper?
The UK!

Our system's so broken it's cheaper to have it shipped from over there, than to go to a doctor and pharmacy here.

It's a really sad, state of affairs here.

There is food welfare, so that's something at least.

i do feel lucky we have NHS.bet it makes you more poorly with worry,at the bill!..out of intrest why has the same system never been used in states?probably really complicated,but america must know that it works here???

Because of WW II.
We didn't get bombed and such the way London and the UK was.

So there wasn't this big cultural understanding for the need for it like there was over there.
People are seeing over here more and more that our system really doesn't work, but now there are big money interests involved in defending the current system. Obama had to fight really hard to get what he could get passed, and even that is a less-than-ideal compromise.

The idea is that if everybody is required by law to purchase insurance, then the charges will come down, and also the insurance companies will make more money so they won't be as opposed to it. But in exchange for that, the insurance companies had to get servere reforms, and not be able to deny people coverage, or charge people whatever they liked.

It's not national healthcare, but it is better than before.

-Sara

Hi Jezebel

I consider myself to be a feminist. Would be glad to answer any questions you may have via email.

info@claire.sc

Regards

Claire

Thanks for coming on and letting people know, Jezebel .

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